Ocurrencia de Batrachospermum macrosporum y su fase Chantransia (=Audouinella macrospora) en la cuenca del río Yacuma (Beni, Bolivia)
Date
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
RevActaNova.
Abstract
Reportamos el hallazgo de Batrachospermum macrosporum y su fase Chantransia en el río Yacuma y dos de sus tributarios, localizados dentro del Área Protegida Municipal Pampas del río Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia. Se detallan las características morfológicas a nivel macro y microscópico y se discute la ecología en función a observaciones propias, consulta con expertos y revisión de la literatura. Proponemos que la investigación de algas rojas se hace urgente ante una carencia casi total de su conocimiento a nivel nacional y de un escenario de acelerada degradación ambiental. También se sugiere que las fases gametofítica y esporofítica de B. macrosporum pueden ser utilizadas para el monitoreo de la calidad del agua en una zona del Yacuma que es severamente afectada por actividades antropogénicas.
We report the finding of Batrachospermum macrosporum and its Chantransia phase in the Yacuma River and two of its tributaries, located within the Yacuma Plains Municipal Protected Área, Beni, Bolivia. Details are given of the morphological features at the macro and microscopic levéis, and the ecology is discussed based on own observations, consultation with experts and revisión of the literature. We propose that research on red algae is urgent due to an almost complete lack of knowledge at the national level and in the face of an accelerated environmental degradation in the country. It is also suggested that the gametophyte and sporophyte phases of B. macrosporum can be utilized to monitor water quality in a zone of the Yacuma that is severely affected by anthropogenic activity.
We report the finding of Batrachospermum macrosporum and its Chantransia phase in the Yacuma River and two of its tributaries, located within the Yacuma Plains Municipal Protected Área, Beni, Bolivia. Details are given of the morphological features at the macro and microscopic levéis, and the ecology is discussed based on own observations, consultation with experts and revisión of the literature. We propose that research on red algae is urgent due to an almost complete lack of knowledge at the national level and in the face of an accelerated environmental degradation in the country. It is also suggested that the gametophyte and sporophyte phases of B. macrosporum can be utilized to monitor water quality in a zone of the Yacuma that is severely affected by anthropogenic activity.
Description
Vol. 7, No. 1